If you’re one of the many people running the Windows 7 beta you’ll be interested in this. Microsoft has announced several of the changes/updates being made to Windows 7 that will be included in the soon-to-be-released Windows 7 Release Candidate. A few of the media-related highlights from their notes include:
- Improved Internet Radio playback
- Improved playback support for video content from digital camcorders and cameras
- Cleaner Now Playing view
- Filtering content that cannot be played
- Resume from sleep
- Quieting Windows Media Player sync relationships
- Easier access to advanced settings
- Jump List improvement
- Enriching the Device Stage ecosystem
Not a bad list of improvements. However I don’t see too much directly related to Media Center, other than several “behind-the-scenes” fixes. Read the rest of this entry »